Legal Opinion
Hudson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 14, 1967No. 4268, 4269PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, Associate Judge:
Appellants1 were convicted of staging obscene shows in the District of Columbia in violation of § 22-2001 D.C.Code (1961 ed.).2
Although in obscenity cases, as in all other cases relating to First Amendment guarantees of free expression, it is usually the duty of an appellate court to review the evidence, from the trial court for the purpose of making “an independent constitutional judgment on the' facts of the case as to whether the material involved is constitutionally protected,” Jacobellis v. State of Ohio, 378 U.S. 184, 190, 84 S.Ct. 1676, 1678, 12 L.Ed.2d 793…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by32 opinions
- In Re GianniniCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Evans Theatre Corporation v. SlatonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- P. B. I. C., Inc. v. ByrneDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1970
- Morris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
- Commonwealth v. LaLONDESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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